Mark Elias
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What he actually says earlier is that the Republicans should take control of the voting and that they should target 15 states.
I agree it will be more than 15 states, but he's not looking to nationalize all the elections.
He's just looking to take over the places that vote Democratic.
I mean, I think everything we've seen between his first term and his second term is that it's worse now.
So in some respects, yes, I think that those executive orders are tempest, but I actually think it'll be quite a bit worse than that.
So, you know, one of the facts that you're reporting on this was excellent, by the way.
But the one fact that I would add to this is that you didn't see the U.S.
Attorney's Office in Georgia
as the ones who were signing and seeking that warrant.
Instead, it was a prosecutor in Missouri.
And this is something that you're seeing a lot here.
They're picking individual prosecutors willing to do their dirty work, even if they have no connection with the jurisdiction.
And that is an innovation that is quite dangerous because that lawyer, that U.S.
attorney in Missouri now has nationwide jurisdiction.
So it's not just in Georgia.
He's like a roaming election denier enforcer lawyer for the federal government.
And the other thing I'd ask, you know, based on your reporting, you know, Jen, would you rather at this point have him try to order the U.S.
military to do this or the paramilitary that we see going on in Minnesota?
Right.
I'm less worried that he's going to get the Pentagon to